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Before beginning this discussion, a brief review of immunology is required. The following is a very abbreviated overview of the paradigm as it pertains to the subject of synthetic peptides as antigens. In the vigorous field of immunology, theories of antigen presentation and cell regulation, in particular, are especially dynamic. The following discussion was accurate at the time of publication.
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Carter, J.M. (1994). Epitope Prediction Methods. In: Dunn, B.M., Pennington, M.W. (eds) Peptide Analysis Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 36. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-274-4:193
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